Amos 2:6-16

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Judgment on Israel

⁶The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Israel^(A)
for three crimes, even four,
because they sell a righteous person for silver
and a needy person for a pair of sandals.^(B)
⁷They trample the heads of the poor^(C)
on the dust of the ground
and obstruct the path of the needy.^(D)
A man and his father have sexual relations
with the same girl,^(E)
profaning my holy name.^(F)
⁸They stretch out beside every altar^(G)
on garments taken as collateral,^(H)
and in the house of their God
they drink wine obtained through fines.^(I)

⁹Yet I destroyed the Amorite^(J) as Israel advanced;
his height^(K) was like the cedars,
and he was as sturdy as the oaks;
I destroyed his fruit^(L) above and his roots beneath.
¹⁰And I brought you from the land of Egypt^(M)
and led you forty years in the wilderness^(N)
in order to possess the land of the Amorite.^(O)
¹¹I raised up some of your sons as prophets^(P)
and some of your young men as Nazirites.^(Q)
Is this not the case, Israelites?

This is the Lord’s declaration.

¹²But you made the Nazirites drink wine
and commanded the prophets,
“Do not prophesy.”^(R)
¹³Look, I am about to crush^[a] you in your place^(S)
as a wagon crushes when full of grain.
¹⁴Escape will fail the swift,^(T)
the strong one will not maintain his strength,^(U)
and the warrior will not save his life.
¹⁵The archer will not stand his ground,^(V)
the one who is swift of foot
will not save himself,
and the one riding a horse will not save his life.^(W)
¹⁶Even the most courageous of the warriors
will flee naked on that day^(X)—

this is the Lord’s declaration.

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Footnotes

2:13 Or hinder; Hb obscure

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